SOLUTION: 2/5 of students in a class received an a on the test. If there are 45 students in the class, how many students received an a on the test? And how many did not received an a on the

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Question 1060678: 2/5 of students in a class received an a on the test. If there are 45 students in the class, how many students received an a on the test? And how many did not received an a on the test?
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2/5 = 2 X 9/5 X 9 = 18/45
18 students got an a
45-18 = 27
27 students did not get an a